Saturday night in Nashville gave the sold out FirstBank Stadium what they’ve been asking for. Dominance. Vanderbilt football renaissance. The Week 1 opener against Charleston Southern didn’t disappoint. The Commodores rolled to a 45-3 victory behind the steady hand of QB Diego Pavia . He was electric, completing 20 of 25 passes for 275 yards and three TDs. That left little doubt that last season’s 7-6 breakthrough wasn’t a fluke. But while the scoreboard told one story, another was quietly unfolding off the field.
This is the story of Vanderbilt’s resilient hero Marlon Jones , an LB who could headline any motivational poster. On September 2, Diego Pavia dropped a two-word Instagram story on a clip of the LB back on the field writing, “ GODS PLAN 💯 ” And what’s so spec